Monday, October 01, 2007

Press: What's in an African name? Enough, Godknows, to make you Learnmore - TheAge

What's in an African name? Enough, Godknows, to make you Learnmore - TheAge:

"Indeed, Godknows, Enough and company continue an African tradition arguably more logical than the one that churns out excess Justins and Tiffanys. In southern Africa, a child's name is chosen to convey a specific meaning and not the latest fashion."

(Like it or not, Americans don't own the English language. Japanese, Filipino, and other English speakers have developed their own curious argots that are as puzzling as teenagers' textese is to many adults.)

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